Announcing eduroam CAT
Cambridge, UK | 13 February 2013
eduroam CAT eases user configuration and admin support
eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access
service developed for the international research and education
community. It allows students, researchers and staff from participating
institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when
visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their
laptop.
Depending on local policies at the visited institutions, eduroam
participants may also have additional resources (for example printers)
at their disposal. As the number of WiFi enabled devices grows, CAT
(eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool) has been developed to simplify
the process of enabling laptops, smartphones and tablets to connect,
making eduroam easier for both users and IT administrators.
Support for IT administrators
Intended to further support eduroam Identity Provider administrators,
the eduroam CAT suite of tools allows campus administrators to present
customised helpdesk information to users. This includes how to access
CAT (either directly or as an integral part of their own online
information) making the eduroam service much easier to install and
manage.
Enabling CAT users
Once CAT is primed with information about a particular institution, so
students, researchers and other staff can then install, configure and
activate eduroam with just a few clicks on the CAT web pages.
To find out more about eduroam CAT and how it was developed, you can read the full article in the January issue of CONNECT magazine
For more information on registering to use CAT: cat.eduroam.org